TTAB Posts September 2023 Hearing Schedule

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) has scheduled nine oral hearings for the month of September 2023. Seven of the hearings will be held via video conference; two will be "In Person," as indicated below. Briefs and other papers for each case may be found at TTABVUE via the links provided.

September 7, 2023 - 11:15 AM [In Person, North Carolina Central University School of Law, Durham, NC]: In re Vinedo de Zorra, LLC, Serial No. 90055100 [Section 2(d) refusal to register VINEDO DE ZORRO for wine in view of the registered mark BAR ZORRO for restaurant and bar services.]

September 12, 2023 - 11 AM: Montgomery Law LLC v. Jacobson & John LLC, Cancellation No. 92073600 [Petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark THE EDUCATION LAWYERS for "legal services," on the ground of genericness, or alternatively, mere descriptiveness and lacking secondary meaning.]

September 12, 2023 - 2 PM: Trevari Media, LLC v. Laurent Colasse, Cancellation No. 92078038 [Petition for cancellation of a registration for the product configuration shown below, for a "spring-loaded glass-breaking device," on the ground of de jure functionality under Section 2(e)(5).]

September 13, 2023 - 1 PM: In re Jackfrombrooklyn Incorporated, Serial No. 90884812 [Refusal to register SOREL (Stylized) as a trademark for "liquor and liqueur beverages, namely, sorrel" on the ground of genericness or, alternatively, mere descriptiveness and lack of acquired distinctiveness.]

September 14, 2023 - 11 AM: In re Total Vision Group LLC, Serial No. 90687823 and 90689458 [Refusals to register RETYZ, in standard character and design form, for "cable ties, not of metal and zip ties, not of metal," the former on the ground of mere descriptiveness and the latter on the ground of failure to disclaim "retyz."]

September 19, 2023 - 11 AM: In re Panini America, LLC, Serial No. 88927178 [Refusal to register CERTIFIED as a trademark for "Collectible trading cards; Sports trading cards" on the grounds of failure-to-function, genericness, mere descriptiveness and deceptive misdescriptiveness with a lack of acquired distinctiveness.]

September 21, 2023 - 3:30 PM [In Person, Alexandria, VA]: Kinetic Lighting, LLC v. Christopher Bauder, Opposition No. 91245640 [Opposition to registration of KINETIC LIGHTS & Design for lighting equipment and related services [KINETIC LIGHTS disclaimed, in view of opposer's alleged common law rights in the mark KINETIC LIGHTING for lighting system rental services.]

September 27, 2023 - 1 PM: In re 1511 LLC, Serial No. 88239289 [Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusal of THE HEALTH CLINIC, in standard character form, for "Retail store services in the field of health food, dietary and nutritional supplements not containing cannabis or cannabis derivatives; Retail store services featuring hemp and hemp derived products featuring solely hemp with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis and not containing CBD."]

September 27, 2023 - 1 PM: Baxter S.r.l. v. Wholesale Interiors, Inc., Opposition No. 91263387 [Opposition to registration of BAXTON STUDIO for furniture, on the ground of likelihood of confusion with the registered mark BAXTER for furniture.]

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Text Copyright John L. Welch 2023.